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H ve an Abiding Faith in Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
After years of struggle to attain and merit public confidence , with a flrra
and steadfast belief that some day others would recognize in us the truth ,
good fnith , and honesty of purpose which we know we possess , what a genu
ine satisfaction it ia to succeed , and to realize the uplifting influence- the
merited confidence of a vast army of our fellow beings.
Thus stands the Pinkham name in New England , and nil over America ,
and nowhere is the faith in Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound greater
than in New England , its home. Merit , and merit alone , can gain this.
/t ORGANIC INFLAMMATION.
" DEAR Mns. PINKHAM : I was
troubled very badly with inflamma
tion of the bladder , was sick in bed
wlth it. I had two doctors , but they
did mo no good. A friend pave mo
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound , and it helped me. 1 have now
taken three bottles of it , and I am
entirely cured. It is a God-send to
any woman , and I would recommend it
to any one suffering as I was. I think ,
If most of the women would take
more of your medicine instead of
poing to the doctors , they would bo
better off. The Compound has also
cured my husband of kidney trouble. "
MRS. MABEL GOOKIN ,
Box ICO. Mechanic Falls , Maine.
NERVOUS PROSTRATION.
" For two years I suffered from
nervous prostration , the result of
female weakness. I bad leucorrhoea
Tory badly , and at time of menstrua
tion would be obliged to po to bed.
Also suffered with headaches , pain
across back , and in lower part of
abdomen. I was so discouraged. I
had read of Lydia E. Piukham's Com
pound , and concluded to give it a trial.
I wrote to Mrs. Pinkham , and received
a very nice letter in return. I began
at once t'le usis of her \ egetable Com
pound und Blood Purifier , and am now
feeling splendid. I have no more pain
at monthly periods , can do my own
work , and have pained ten pounds. I
would not bo without your Vegetable
Compound. It is a splendid medicine.
I am very thankful for what ithas done
for me.'r MRS. J. W. J. , 70 Carolina
Ave , Jamaica Plain , Mass.
PAINFUL , PERIODS.
11 I cannot help but feel that it is
my duty to do something in regard to
recommending your wonderful medi-
cine. I must say it
is the grandest
k medicine on earth ,
jand have advibcd
great many suf-
' faring with female
' troubles to take it.
31 tell people 1 wish
11 could go on the
' platform and lec-
v turc on it.
" My trouble waa
painful menstrua-
ation. The Buffering I endured pea
cannot describe. I was treated by
one of our most prominent physicians
here for five months , and found myself
getting worse instead of better. At
the cud of the fifth month he told mo
he had done all he could for me , and
that I had better go to the hospital.
" My sister advised me to try your
Vegetable Compound , as it cured her
of backache. I did so , and took it
faithfully , and am now cured of my
trouble , and in perfect health , many
thanks to your medicine. I cannot
praise it enough , and would recom
mend it to all who suffer from any
female weakness. " Mns. n. S. BALL ,
401 Orchard St. , New Haven , Conn.
REWARD Wo Lavu deposited
$50flO , * with the National
VU u Cttyllaiik of Lynn , & ( , ( , which
will lie paid to anyiierFon uliocan 11 rd that
the above testimonial letters are not germ-
luo , ur worn published before obtaining the
writer's speciul permission.
LYUIA. K. 1'i.NKiiA.M MKDICIMK Co.
If Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will cure thes > o women why
not you you cannot tell until you try it. If you are ill , and really want to
get well , commence its use afconce , ana do not let any drug clerk persuade you
thnt hn has something of his own which is betxer , for that is absurd. Atk
Win to produce the evidencewe do.
Dny * of llec-lconlng.
Wife "When we go anywhere now
we have to waik. "Before marriage
you always called a carriage. , '
Husband "That's why we have to
walk now. "
Stntnnx In London.
The proposed new statue' Queen
Victoria will raise the number of Lon
don's statues of personages to thirty-
one. The city has fourteen statues of
statesmen and a dozen of soldiers.
HIRV1S
He < iulrcd to Harvest the Grain Crop of
The most nbmulnnt ylnl J
on tin ) Continent. Ho.
] K > rU are that thu n\er-
nco j lelil of No. 1 HnrJ
Whent In Wi'sierii Cun-
udn will Ixi oxer thirty
bushel * to the IUTC. Tht )
rtrk'ej forfunn help will
bo c'xwllent. Them nra
jplemlld Rtuchlni ; Lfuuls adjoint ; the w licut txtlt.
UxcurAlona will txi run frora nil point * In the
DnIU-d Stntf ito the Ptva Grant Lands. Sooiiro a
borne at onue , and , if you wish to purohiuo ut
prurnlllni ; prices , nnd secure thu advantage of tha
low rates , npply for literature , rules , ctu. , etc. , to
K. Pedley , Supt. Immigration , Ottawa. Cnuudii , or
to W. V. llonuett , 801 New York I.lfo Hide. , Oma
ha , Neb. , Annul for the Government of Cuimiln.
When visiting DiifTnlo.do not fall to ECO tbeCa-
Baduiu Exhibit at the r.in-Amerluun.
BIOS BY MAIL. YOUR OWN PRICE ,
JODM , Ue r ji the Freight , innchimton , N Y ,
A Skin of Beauty Is n Joy Forovor.
TkU. T. TUI.1X UllDRATTII'H Oltir.VTAL
U CHEAM , tilt MAUIUAL , IIKAII 1 IMKIt.
emoTnan.mo.rcc
Moth ralcliea , liai-li. and
, unit ctery b ) < mlih un
- beauty , and dtflf 1
detection. It hm
itDodttit ) ( rat of Cl
Tear * , and li tn
Imrmlcu we tunte It
to Lo iiure It Up. ij >
crly nnde. A < tj > t
no counterfeit of
Klmllin imc. Dr. U
A. :4ajro ill u >
lady ot the kmu-ton
( ai > illfnii"AM jou
( adletwlllu'oilicm ,
1 recommend 'Qour *
aud'a Cream' M the
leait hnrmful of all
the Ektn prrn&rn *
lion * . " For ralu by
Kll Druirstbt * and
ruMTfloodi IV Ur la tht U. 8. . Canadu aud
Yu Cnnilld Friend.
Scribbler " ! wish I knew whether
tlio editors read my poetry or send it
baclc without looking at il. "
Friend "They don't read It. "
"You think so because they always
decline It ? "
"Because they always decline it
'with thanks. ' "
Correct
Shrewd Doctor "I see what's the
matter. It's ncental strain too much
"
worry
Hunk Cashier "What do you ad
vise ? "
"Change of scene. "
"Where to ? "
"Ob , almost , any country where
there is no extradition treaty. "
Hot * Stlngx unit 1'iilHon.
Rec poison is acid in reaction , bub
us elTect Is neb due to formlo acid ,
says Prof. A. Langer. The poison la
free from bacteria and has the effect
of checking slightly the growth of
bacteria. Experiments showed tl per
sons not sensitive , when they began
to keep bees. They who arc sensitive
to the poison should keep chemical
antidotes and a syringe at hand. The
hypodermic syringe may be used to
apply the antidote at the point of the
sting.
Do not jiidic { the probable plumage
ot chicks as s on as they are hatched ,
as they will when fully feathered ,
come to the desired olor
SEAFARING MEN
KNOW THE VALUE OF
OILED CLOTHING
IT WILL
KEEP YOU DRY
IN Trie
WETTEST WEATHER
100K K ABOVE TPADEtWH
OM SALE EVERYWHERE
CATALOGUES FREE
3HOWIMG PULL E. OP GARMENTS AND HAT3.
A.J.TOWER B03TON.MA35. .
THE BOOMING CANNON
RECITALS OF CAMP AND BATTLE -
TLE INCIDENTS.
Survivor * of the Hclidlllon Itclnte
Many AnutnliiR nnd SMurtllits : Incl-
dcntnnf .Mat-cite * , Cnmp Life , Koraji-
UxperlciiccH null Uuttlo Scenes ,
wns In command
of Kort Lamkln , n
mortiir earthwork
In rear of ( Sen.
U u s h r o d John
son's lines at Pe
tersburg In tSOl , "
says George Gary
Eggleston In his
book of Southern
soldier s t o r I e s.
The fort w a s
named for our Im
mediate commander , from whose com
mand wo had been detached for this
sen Ice.
"One day Lamkln himself came to
me when I was at his headquarters ,
lie was In trouble.
' "This hey , SI Tucker , ' he said , Ms
the son of one of the best friends 1 ever
had In the world. The boy IH a cow
ard. He literally lives In a rathole. I
have repeatedly pulled him out by the
legs , only to have him crawl back
again tl c moment I let go of his nn
Isles. I don't know what to do. It's
my duly , of course , to prefer charges
of cowardice against him , and If I do
he will certainly he shot , and his fa
ther Is my best friend. '
"lie paused , and then said with eager
ness In his voice : 'Why can't you take
him ? '
"I agreed at once. I told him I would
take the hey with me to my pits and
make 'either a soldier or a still' out of
him within the next twenty-four hours.
I was under no obligations to his fa
ther : I had never even met any of his
relatives , and I had been too many
years of service to have much patience
with cowardice.
"The boy wns sent for and ordered to
go with me. We walked down toward
JManford Church. At the proper point
we turned out of the Jerusalem plank-
road across the fields toward Fort Lam-
kin. Half way there , and on the top
of a little hill , which was especially
exposed to the ga o of the sharpshoot
ers , I made SI Tucker sit down by my
side. There we came to an under
standing. I told him he had been as
signed to me to be shot out of hand , or
to be court-martialed for cowardice ,
which , at that particular juncture of
the war , meant very much the same
thing. I explained to him that he was
about to Join a detachment composed
exclusively of men specially selected
for their courage every one of them a
volunteer for what was deemed a pe
culiarly dangerous service. I explain
ed further that I should require him
to do his duty ns they did theirs.
" 'You have managed to make for
yourself , ' I said , 'the reputation of a
coward. You have now one last
chance to redeem yourself. You must
do that or you must die. '
"The sharpshooters were meantime
picking at us most uncomfortably as
we sat there. My experience as nn old
soldier strongly suggested to me that
\\e ought to move. The position was
of that kind that military men call un
tenable. Nevertheless , I thought It
best to keep SI Tucker there a minute
longer , for purposes of observation If
nothing else.
" 'At our pits , " I said , 'wu have one
uniform rule of procedure. When a
bombardment begins the men go to
their guns. I take my stand on the
top of the magazine mound to watch
the enemy's lire and direct our own. If
I sec that a mortar shell Is about to
fall into one of the gun pita I call out
the pit number nnd the men run Into
the bombproof until the explosion Is
over. No man ever goes Into a bomb
proof till this order Is given. You must
do as they do. If you run to a bomb
proof before I have given'the order It
will be my Imperative order to shoot
you then and there , and' I shall cer
tainly discharge that duty. Do you
fully understand that , S1V
"He thought he did , and as the sharp
shooters were by this time becoming
peslilcntly personal hi their attentions ,
we resumed our walk. Half an hour
after our arrival at KortLamkln a bom
bardment began. I didn't want to shoot
that boy. I distinctly preferred to make
a soldier rather than u 'stiff' out of
him. So , Instead of taking my custom
ary stand on the mound of earth over
tlu- magazine , T ordered Joe to that
pit and placed myself In the gun pit
to nhlch SI Tucker had been assigned ,
taking earo to stand between him and
the mouth of the bombproof. I hpoke
to him as I passed.
" 'Kememhcr what 1 told you. If
you forget , It Is Instant death. '
"lie lemembered. Kor nearly two
hours ho stood there , quaking ami shiv
ering , but not daring to seek safety by
retreat to a bombproof. By the time
that the outburst was over , SI Tucker
l.rul learned his first lesson lu war. He
| Inn ! learned to realize that n man may
! I'lidtiro a lot of very savage 11 ru and
\ > i dinu out of It alive. A few hours
j later , tthi'ii the guns were at work
( again , SI v > as steady enough In his
iii-m's to carry shells to the guns. The
next day he was even able , during a
lionibnrdmcnt , to cut fuses a delicate
pm-ation , requiring a steady hand.
\\lthln two or three days he had be-
oinc as good u nuldier an we had In all
that hand of men specially picked for
iheir unfilnchlng courage.
"When the great mine explosion oc-
Hi-red a few weeks later I had occa
sion to rebuke SI Tucker for a fault
quite unrelated to cowardice. We had
bvcu ordered to go with our mortare as
near us possible to the crater and to
drop a continual rain of shells among
the thousands of helpless fellows In
that awful pit. It was cruel , ghastly
work. Hut It waa war. And a poet baa
Justly characterized war as n 'brain-
spattering , windpipe-splitting art. ' Or ,
os ( Jen. Sherman once mild , , and ho
knew , 'War Is all hell. '
"Wo were within sixty yards of the
orator. ICach one of our mortars was
belehlng from three to live shells n
minute into that hole , but Si Tucker's
enthusiasm wns not satlstled. Having
no personal duty to do at the moment ,
he began plugging shells with long
fuses , lighting them , running with
them to the margin of the pit , and tossIng -
Ing them In as hand grenades , llo
was greeted by a tremendous volley of
musketry at each repetition of this per
formance , but he did It three times be
fore we could stop him.
"That evening , near the gloaming , ho
did another thing. The lines had by
that time been restored. The men In
tin- crater those of them who had not
been killed had been driven back to
the Federal side. We became aware of
the fact that a poor fellow of our own
was lying grievously wounded near the
Federal side of the fifty yards that
separated our works from the enemy's ,
lie had been lying there through all
that long , tierce summer day. The ex
plosion at daylight had cast him there.
Ills groans and his cries for help and
for water were piteous In the extreme.
We listened to them heartbroken , but
helpless all but SI Tucker.
"SI began stripping off his clothes ;
wo thought he had gone mad. Hut
when we asked him why he was strip
ping himself he replied : 'Never you
mind. ' With that , stripped to the skin ,
ho leaped over the works , ducked his
head low , and ran through the hail
storm of bullets to where the wounded
man lay. Grasping him quickly , he
slung him upon his back like n bag of
meal , and ran back with all his might.
As he crossed the works ho fell head
long. The surgeon found three bullets
In his body. Nobody In the battery
ever remembered after that that SI
Tucker had once been a coward. After
all , it Is , perhaps , mainly a question of
nerves. "
Went Itravcl.r to Hcntli.
The man who can face death without
a tremor and even give the command
which Is to result In his body being
pierced by a dozen bullets may without
question be considered as possessing
bravery of a high order and when to
this Is added the fact that his execu
tioners are all friends and sympathizers
the case seems all the more unusual.
An Instance of this nature which oc
curred during the civil war Is related
by a Southern soldier , who , although
he had witnessed violent deaths with
out number and had become Inured to
scenes of carnage , had a lasting Im
pression made upon him by one olllccr's
heroism. Ho told the story as fol
lows :
"One morning I left my command fern
n walk and had gone but a short dis
tance when I ran Into a little body of
men. Two of them had their eyes blind
folded and their arms tied behind them.
The first fellow couldn't have been
more than U5. He was tall , straight aa
nu arrow , with dark , curling brown
hair , and his face was the handsomest
and the saddest I ever saw. lie wns
walking quietly nnd steady. I couldn't
see his eyes , but not a muscle of his
face was twitching , and his feet were
planted fairly and squarely on tno
ground. I noticed that he wore the
uniform of n captain.
"The second fellow had to bo held up
by four men. Every few steps he would
fall to the ground perfectly limp and , It
seemed , lifeless. WlHjn the men would
get him up ho would scream nud cry
like a scared child. He was a great ,
big , raw-boned North Carolinian , nnd
his terror would have been disgusting
if It hadn't been BO pitiable.
"I followed the little procession for n
hundred yards to where the Hue of
crosses stood. The captain was to be
shot first. As they placed him with his
back to the cross he said : 'Men , you
know me. I've led you In ! JO fights , and
you've never seen me shy from n gun
muzzle yet , have you ? I just want you
to take this bandage off my eyes , and
as long as I've got to die let me die like
a man. I've given you the order to fire
many n time , and I'd like to give my
last order. If you'll let me. ' The lieu
tenant hesitated , and then he said :
' .Tnck , I'll do It , if I get shot for It. '
"They unbound his eyes. lie straight
ened himself for n minute , took a long
look all about him , and then facing his
men said In as steady n voice as I ever
listened to. 'Heady ! Aim ! Fire ! '
"They tired , and he pitched straight
forward his full length , dead before he
struck the ground. Then they tried to
bind the Tar-heel to the cross , but ho
writhed and moaned and twisted nwny
from It like a snake with n broken
back. They gave It up , nnd he wns shot
while he wns crawling along the
ground , scronuilng out prayers for
mercy.
" 1 heard nflerwnrd that the captain ,
hearing that his old mother was dying ,
had asked leave to go to his home ,
which was only 12 miles away. Wo
needed every man then , and the per
mit was refused. Ho slipped away ,
but before he got back Grant made
one of his attacks on our lines. The
captain's company went Into action for
the first time without him at the head
of It lie returned for n court mnrtlnl.
Deserting had become too common for
any excuse to be taken for It , und he
wns ordered to be shot the next morn-
Ing. "
To pardon those absurdities In our
selves which we cimuot suffer In others
Is neither better nor worse thun to be
more willing to be fools ourselves than
to huvu others BO. PoH > .
VnJuc of Jrr
The universal use of Irrigation In the
West has1 practically revolutionized
farm values In many regions. These
methods of supplying the crops with
water are ninny , but they all .how an
amount of adaptation to conditions that
proves the existence of Yankre gonlus
here yet. There are more varieties of
v Indmllls for pumping up wntor than
one could describe In n week. Those
windmills are not expensive affairs , but
In most cases 'ire built of ordinary arti
cles picked up on the farm or In secondhand
ond-hand shops. They perform the
work required of them satisfactorily ,
and that Is all one can ask of them.
.The construction of a good working
windmill on any farm , and a pumping
attai'lnuo'it , wl'li Irrigation canals and
reservoir , adds , \ hundred or two per
cent to the value of a farm In n region
whole summer droughts are heavy
Irawbaeks to farming. With a little
extra work during the winter ponsmr
t Is an easy matter to make such Im
provements on almost any farm. The
system can bo enlarged and cxtuidod
season by season , and the farm grad
ually enhanced In value.
A farm that has a fair home-made Ir
rigation plant Is practically Independ
ent of the weather. The farmer Is
[ hen sure of his crop no matter how hot
or dry the season may prove. The great
benefit derived from nn Irrigation plant
Is so apparent that It teems strange
that so few are In existence. It Is not
always necessary to build a windmill
for Irrigation , for there nre often nat
ural advantages which any farmer can
avail himself of. When brooks How
through farms they furnish In the win-
tor and spring seasons an aiuumaiicc or
water , but when summer advances
they often dry up nnd prove of no
earthly good. The question of Import-
mice Is how can such n strenm be con
verted into use for Irrigating the plants.
It would not hi' so difficult If a reser
voir was dug and built on the farm , so
that the water could be stored. Such n
reservoir could easily be Increased In
size each year , and with the water
stored In It , what would prevent dig
ging ditches to carry the water to the
fields when needed ? Some will say
that such work represents an Immense
amount of labor ; but If the farmer In
tends tie live permanently on his farm ,
will H not pay him to do n little toward
the Improvement each year , even
though It may take ten years to com
plete the job ? He can rest assured that
ho Is Incren&Ing the value of his farm
fully 10 per cent every year , a fact
which he will realize when he comes
fo sell It Professor Jnmcs S. Doty ,
New York.
1'oultrr UOIIHC for T.nrtre Chick * .
When the chicks are about one-quar
ter grown nnd have left the mother
hen they should be provided with some
sort of a shelter for night use and for
use on stormy days. A coop for these
chicks may be built for very little
money. One side of the coop Is formed
by the side of n building or n fence ,
nnd at the lower end comes within
two Inches of the ground. The roof of
rough boards Is covered with tarred or
waterproof paper. An opening Is cut
In one side next to the fence or wall.
Inside , roosts arc nrrnnged , nnd In one
corner Is placed n dust bath. The roosts
will have to be put In before the roof
Is put on , as the house Is not designed
noon rour/ruv IIOUSK.
in any way so that one can even roach
the Inside except through the small
hole provided for the entrance of the
chicks.
Protect tin.Kiirin Well.
Tests made at experiment stations
show that water from farm wells Is
frequently contaminated with some lin-
purliy drawn from surrounding stnhlcs ,
pens , etc. , nnd n lack of drainage to
carry off surface water. Wash nnd
dishwater , both filled with animal matter -
tor , Is thrown around the house , year
In and out , until the ground Is alive
with the poison , which eventually finds
Its way Into the well. The fields me
tiled to produce healthy nnd abundant
rrop life , but seldom Is n tile or ditch
put down around the house to protect
the well.
When the water begins to run low In
the well that Is not driven below rook.
Is the time to begin to boll It for drink-
lug purposes. Heat of water or un
destroys the typhoid bacillus. Enough
water should be boiled at a time to
allow It to sUiud several 'hours before
drinking. It Is the heat driving the air
out of It makes It so sickening to taste.
In n few hours the air will again get
Into It and restore the taste. Put It In
Jugs , nnd set the Jugs upon the cellar
floor , or In a cave prepared for this pur
pose.
If you have Ice , put It around the ves
sels , but never In them. There are high
nnd specialIzed forms of life that Ice
will not kill , and lome of the lower
forms It preserves In nil force. It seoma.
Thf contents of slop bo\VIs fnitn Hid
room of the patlont sick with typhoid
had. If the sun Is shining hot , bettor
by far be thrown upon the ground than
bur.cd. A log hen ] ) Is the proper dh > -
lnfo > taiit In thee cn o i , kept burnlnnr ,
night and day us long as there \a \ nnj-
thlng from the sick room to throw Into
It. Indianapolis News.
Vcnch Yellow * .
Occasionally we see statements frora
some one thnt the poach yellows Is nok
at all n contagious disease , and thntf
there Is nothing galnod by removing
trees In which It has appeared. Sound
State Legislatures have enacted lawM
making such destruction of trees cofu-
uilsory on their owners , v hllo In other
States there lias boon KO much oppo I-
tlou to such laws that they could not
10 passed. The best authorities are
igwod. so far as we hnve scon , thnt It
is ootitnglous. Wo remember that it
few years ngo. Mr. J. II. Hale , tW
larpovt ponoh grower In Coniiectlcini
and In ( 'cnrgln , said to the Massachu
setts Hoard of Agriculture thnt In 1SOO
ho found ono affected tree In an or
chard and ho rooted It out. The next
year ho had to take out the four trecrt
next \ \\hrvp It stood , and the next
yenr ho had about forty to tnke out.
I'osslbly If he had taken the affected
Iree and four next to It , ns soon rui
found , It might not have spread to tM
other forty. If it Mio\\s on ono tree ,
.here are many c'mm'os ' thnt It hart
cached others near that one , though It
nay not have roa'chod a stage where 1 *
can be detected even by close observa
tion. American Cultivator.
I'onr Morse livelier.
A correspondent sends to Iowa
Homestead a sketch of n four horse
cveuer for n binder which , he says , la
In almost universal lisa
In his section of thu
country : Take n com
mon ovencr off from
your disk , buy u 15 *
cent pulley and about
ten feet of stout rope
or chain , which will
cover all the expenses.
'liilt\ n i \\l\nn \ nf O IkH
0 nnd bolt on tongue
1
A I'OtJIl HOUSE KVKNEB.
with one bolt where the evener goes to
serve ns prop for the evener , pnss the
rope through the pulley nnd tic on each
end of the evener. This glvea free
play to both sides of the oveiier. Tiicru
Is no side draft , ' but put the hcnvleeft
team on the outside. This device run
be used on either a right or left hand
binder nnd gives perfect satisfaction.
The Illustration Is self explanatory.
There should also he a clevis from tun
center of the evener to fasten the ever * ,
cr to the outer end of the prop.
Imperfect I him Iltnamirn < c.
Fruit growers have met with n diffi
culty In the successful cultivation of
the native plum In the fact thnt some
varieties are self-sterile ; thnt Is , they
do not fertilize themselves. Isolated
trees and large orchards of Wild Oooa
nnd Miner have proved shy bearerH.
while when planted Intermingled with
other varieties blooming at the suma
time nnd furnishing an abundance of
pollen they have borne many crop * .
Hence It Is Important to determine the
most suitable list of varieties for an
orchard so as to Insure the most perfect
pollemitlon of nil the blossoms. New
man Is considered a good pollenlzer for i
Wild ( Joo&o. while Do Soto. Wolf , auil
Forest Garden "are regarded as goo < l
fertilizers for Miner. Isolated ( teen of
the self-sterile varieties may be mad
fruitful by top grafting some of iliu
limbs with suitable vnrletlcs , or by
planting trees of these sorts adjacent.
Mixed planting of self-fertile nud Im
portant vnrletles In hedge-like roww ot
In alternate rows Is now advocated : iud
practiced by our best growers. Som
growers prefer to confine their cliolco
of varieties to those that are scIf-stcrUa
Farmer's Uevlew.
Imlicettloii ill Home * .
It Is dlfllcult to give causes of IndJ-
gcstlou In horses , for It mny come from
Improper wnter , as from imi > r < jper
foods , although the latter art usually
nt the boltom of the trouble. A proper
variety In the foods will do much to
keep the digestive organs In good con
dition , pnrticularly If lu the variety
there Is considerable green food of n
succulent nature , ns most root cropi
are. When Indigestion Is caused by
Improper wnter , It is usually tinPUSI *
thnt the wnter Is foul In some way.
although very hnrd wnter often pro
duces Indigestion , or , what Is wor.se ,
btonu In the kidney or bladder , the lat
ter being n disease quite common
among horses lu districts when * the
water h hard. If the food Is of the
proper kind and hard wnter la ! u lnj ;
used , attention should be given it lit-
fore a valuable animal Is lost. If fios-
'slble , give rain water , but If thlsj n i
convenient , add n small quantl .j i r
caustic potash to the hnrd wnter. u-'u'-ti '
will materially Improve It.
Dulrv 'Ilioritionieter * *
A good dairy thermometer cos'v ! ? & . -
than $1. and tons of butter go In o thu
grease vats every year because tiou
snnds of farmer * . ' wives do not i ao
thermometer 'u churning. A noted i.ur.v
Instructor once told the writer th liu
firmly believed thnt the average j i-ueor
nil the butter sold In the UnltetS StnttM
could be Increased nt least 'J ceuic per
pound In two years If the thcnu uit > t r
wns URIM ! at every churning ami tb
cream churned at the proper t
tur . Laud av-d a Living ,